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We recently had a couple of friends down from England who wanted to buy some cashew nuts to take back with them. Being students they didn't want to spend too much money, and had so far only looked in places like Keells and ODEL which were apparently quite expensive.

So where do you go to buy affordable cashew?

Well, cashew isn't ever going to be cheap. But apparently the Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation (SLCC) sells them at subsidised rates. So on a hot Wednesday afternoon we headed over to find out.

The SLCC is on the sea side of Galle Road. It's not very conspicuous so quite possible to miss - make sure you look out for the big red sign saying 'Cashew Sales Centre'.

It's a small place, air-conditioned and filled with cashews. A 150g pack costs Rs. 450, a 500g bag is Rs. 1200, and a 100g bag costs Rs. 280 to give you a rough idea. We can't compare them to other rates yet as we haven't checked, but we're told this isn't tooo bad.

Cashew's very popular, very Sri Lankan, but we don't know too much about it. Any tips would be really appreciated.

TIP

Apparently <a href="http://www.royalcashew.com/">Royal Cashew in Kohuwela</a> is good too.

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Hendry watson

Very true. My experience is Cashew Corporation sells Very good cashew and they explain us properly. Prices also very cheap compared to Royal and Ranscrip. It is good to hear that they are open till 7.30 (Head office outlet) . I must mention that one Mr. Sumith Perera is a very helpfll man in cashew Corporation.

Sudheera

Dantha

Theja

Cashew Corporation seems to have the most reasonable price in the local market. My wife is a cashew lover and I have to buy cashew for her pretty regularly. Most of the times it's Rancrisp. Quality depends on the date it is packed. If it is a recent date then cashew tastes good. Rancrisp seems to dominate the local market. Royal seems to be the second (at least in the shops I go, it seems so). Both Rancrisp and Royal maintains quality. We occasionally buy from Corporation outlet in Rajagiriya if we need cashew in kilos. Believe me, Corporation gives you the best deals both in quality and price. I was told by a friend that shops in Kajugama has good deals (not kaju liyo, the shops).

Normally broken tiny pieces of cashew is sold half price. You can use them when you need grind-cashew. But recently I noticed Rancrisp has packed them at a very high price saying they are export quality and the label interprets it's intentionally done (which is fake for me). Due to this cunning business strategy now I try to avoid buying Rancrisp (so they have lost a regular customer :) )

Suyan

dilhan

AndiJune

We buy very good quality salted Cashew from LIDL for 80p per 100g. (£8 per Kilo) Most Indian shops sells raw cashew @ £6 per Kilo. Compared to the prices shown those are bargain prices. (assuming SL Rupee @ 210 for £1. Can we export some Cashew to Sri Lanka from UK.

mahesh perera

Hello, here in Spain they sell between € 20 - 25 a kilo. But in some wholesale stores for about €14 - 15 p/Kg. In big supermarkets it varies a lot 100g./150g./200g. Around 2 euros or less. The exchange rate is around 143 rupees.